一不小心，我们住到了美国富人区？

今天，房产经纪人给俺们发来一封热情洋溢的来信。据来信称，我们现在居住的村子是美国最富裕的地区之一，排名名列全美第三。

 

这一不小心，我们咋住到了美国富人区了呢？

 

原文连接在这里：http://www.realtor.org/rmodaily.nsf/pages/News2008020805?OpenDocument

 

在这里生活了近半年，暂时有几大感触和见闻：

1。富人区里住的不一定都是富人

2。这里的大人们腰包紧，孩子们功课紧，学校的竞争和中国学校有得一拼。昨天俺刚刚得知，这里的小学一年级数学就有快慢班。其他的，俺得长篇大论才行。

3。这里的房价很贵，但收垃圾是免费的。看来，当地政府的倾斜政策还算不错。

4。家里的电话虽然天天响，但95%以上的都是广告电话，很难听到真人说话。

5。和你打招呼的人虽多，但如果想交朋友，嘿，咱都得需要点儿耐心

6。进不了天才班的孩子，就得考虑进补习班。这里课后的闲散儿童比较罕见。

7。据说，我们这条街上的全职妈妈最低文凭是硕士，且以美国妈妈居多。

8。这里房价虽高，但买主有限，跌价也有限。买家和卖家，谁能熬到最后，谁就是胜者。

9。这里的图书馆设施据说是全美第一名，我们不仅可以免费无限时上网，除了借书借录像带什么的，还可以借到玩具。

10。俺至今无法完全适应这里。理由见第二。

 

英文原文在这里：

Daily Real Estate News  |   February 8, 2008

Wealthiest Counties in the Country
The richest counties in the U.S. surround its capitol in Washington, DC.

While affluent areas surround New York City and San Francisco, Fairfax County, Va., Loudoun County, Va., and Howard County, Md., top the list of wealthiest counties, based on median household income data from the 2006 census.

In Fairfax, median income is $100,318 a year; Loudoun households pull down $99,371 a year; Howard residents follow at $92,260.

"The general process of suburbanization is, the richer you are, the more likely you are to move to the suburbs," says Julie Martin, a senior demographer for the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.

In the case of Washington, D.C., she says that well-paid government employees, and the area's lobbyists, lawyers and other tangential personnel, are "suburbanizing like mad" and in doing so have created a "feedback loop," driving more money into the area's suburbs by populating them with higher-priced homes and better school systems.

Here’s the top-10 list of America’s richest counties and their media incomes:

1. Fairfax County, Va.: $100,318
2. Loudoun County, Va.: $99,371
3. Howard County, Md.: $94,260
4. Hunterdon Country, N.J.: $93,297
5. Douglas County, Colo.: $92,125
6. Somerset County, N.J.: $91,688
7. Morris County, N.J.: $89,587
8. Montgomery County, Md.: $87,624
9. Arlington County, Va.: $87,350
10. Nassau County, N.Y.: $85,994

Source: Forbes, Matt Woolsey (01/22/08)